BA - mazda astina 323 2.0 from australia

**Posted:** Wed Jul 13, 2011 2:28 am

Hey all.

Thought I would join up on these boards to learn a bit more about my car over the international spectrum.

My car is an Australian mazda astina 323 hatch
94'
2.0 v6
5 speed manual

I've only had it about 2 months, not even.

Done some mods already.

Led parkers
Modified foglight vynal
Tein progressive springs
Whiteline rear swaybar
Resprayed wheels
Momo airbag steering wheel
Debadged

I shall post some pics shortly

**Posted:** Wed Jul 13, 2011 7:26 am

oooo momo airbag wheel... that sounds interesting!

Sounds good mate get some pics up

**Posted:** Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:14 am

Welcome here in the club,mate. Let us show some pictures

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Greetz Willem

**Posted:** Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:51 pm

Yeah yeah, pics please mate, would love to see it.

**Posted:** Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:16 pm

Shayne wrote:

Yeah yeah, pics please mate, would love to see it.

Well said Shayne :thumbright:

Oh and welcome by the way

**Posted:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 1:48 am

Cheers guys.

Pics!

**Posted:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 1:49 am

MOAR!

**Posted:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 1:51 am

note: jack stands, safety first bro's

old v new. Tein progressives, more coils, lots.

**Posted:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 1:53 am

Before

After

**Posted:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 5:52 am

very nice mate

**Posted:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 7:28 am

Your paint work is stunning mate, love the drop as well, great car and thanks for the pics.

**Posted:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 11:26 am

Looks great, the black wheels suits it

**Posted:** Sat Jul 16, 2011 12:56 pm

Update, My catback (or 3 quarters of it) Arrived on friday

Fujitsubo legalis. Cant wait to install it.

**Posted:** Sat Jul 16, 2011 1:32 pm

duke wrote:

Update, My catback (or 3 quarters of it) Arrived on friday

Fujitsubo legalis. Cant wait to install it.

would love some sound clips when you have it fitted

**Posted:** Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:32 pm

Nice car mate...

Make some sound clips when you have fit the new catback

**Posted:** Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:57 am

Will see what i can do, have the car booked in for wednesday this week to get the exhaust fitted and sorted

**Posted:** Thu Jul 21, 2011 3:48 am

Exhaust should be done and fitted by this arvo

Finally recieved my mazdaspeed lip after 4 weeks aswell!
So I should be prepping that tonight.

**Posted:** Sat Jul 23, 2011 8:08 am

So exhaust fitted,
Lip fitted,

Need to re-route from any form of bump now...

**Posted:** Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:55 am

Much better mate!

Have you got vids from your new catback?

**Posted:** Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:59 am

Love your new front lip mate, looks stunning and the black sets it off well.

**Posted:** Sun Jul 24, 2011 2:24 am

Cheers guys, yeah looks great now.

Unforunately my alarm has fooked up currently, so im unable to drive (my indicator is stuck on atm)

On another note, i dont have any vids/clips of exhaust yet. To be honest, its very mild. Which is nice! Cause it gives a great tone for driving without blasting my, or anyone elses' ear drums.

**Posted:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 8:11 am

Did my parkers/indicators today.
Like the darker shade with the red, looks better in my opinion.

**Posted:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:20 am

duke wrote:

Did my parkers/indicators today.
Like the darker shade with the red, looks better in my opinion.

spraying the red lip between fog lights black and parkers/indicators tinted black also would look better also in my opinion

**Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:45 am

I actually don't mind the red breaking up the black tbh.
That's a nice example tho.

Next on my list is coilovers and then full alignment/stance setup.

**Posted:** Wed Aug 24, 2011 12:23 pm

Okay so its been a long while since I've updated.

Last week when i was driving down the motorway my car hesitated to accelerate. I looked at the dash to see the temp way off hot...

Head gasket blew, engine died, leads melted to the head etc. Very bad.
So now, my kfde is dead

I suspect that the water pump died...

Im currently in the situation of questioning whether i should get a jap spec kfze or a klze...

i know the kl is more difficult, but can anyone help me understand what i would need to address if i were to go through with the kl swap. Because out of the two option, the KL would be the better.

Hope to get her running again ASAP!

**Posted:** Thu Aug 25, 2011 12:00 am

damn

I hope you fix it fast

**Posted:** Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:18 am

Think i have sourced a KLZE straight neck!

Now... will it fit my BA hatch?... hrmmm.

**Posted:** Fri Aug 26, 2011 10:59 am

Ask Barreljan from this club forum, he putted a KLZE short neck into his car. Straight neck also fits, but you need to reroute your battery to the trunk.

**Posted:** Fri Aug 26, 2011 12:20 pm

I have KLDE curved neck in

**Posted:** Sat Aug 27, 2011 2:17 am

Can i run KLZE ECU with the new motor and use existing Kfde loom?

Or problematic?

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